Show notes
It’s night time in the Big City
outside the dogs are barking
a woman walks barefoot, her high heels in her handbag
The most beautiful things on earth
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The Singers and Songs
- Bob Wills: The New San Antonio Rose
- The Friends of Distinction: Grazin’ in the Grass
- George Jones: A Good Year for the Roses
- Paul Clayton: Bonny Bunch of Roses
- Kim Shattuck and the Muffs: Laying on a Bed of Roses
- Lucius Venable “Lucky” Millinder: The Grape Vine
“Startin’ to see Pink Elephants on that one.”
- Duke Ellington: Tulip or Turnip
“A song about choices”
- Tiny Tim: Tiptoe Through the Tulips
“No one knew more about old music than Tiny Tim. He studied it and he loved it. He knew all the old songs that only existed as sheet music.”
- The Carter Family: Wildwood Flower
“The most influential group in country music history.”
- Laura Cantrell: When the Roses Bloom Again
- Geraint Watkins: Only a Rose
- Merle Haggard: I Threw Away the Rose
- Wilson Pickett: Don’t Let the Green Grass Fool You
- Alan Toussaint & Elvis Costello: The Sharpest Thorn
Read Fred Bal’s annotation of this episode on the Dreamtime Blog (Part 1) (Part 2)
(Click here for complete notes on this episode at The Bob Dylan Fan Club)
